Name: Office romance.
Age: Recently updated.
Appearance: Very stratified and efficiently organized.
That’s not my experience with office romances. It’s not about finding office romance; It’s about finding the office in your romance.
And what does that mean? It means optimizing your love life so that it works better.
How would I go about doing that? There are many ways. You could, for example, use Slack.
What is slack? It is a management tool.
It sounds fascinating. Of course, there are other platforms if you prefer: Notion, Trello, and even Google Sheets.
I see – you’re evoking a dystopian future where couples use business management software to organize their relationships. It is not the future; people are already doing it.
What kind of people? Technology-savvy young people. Ben Lang, a venture capitalist, uses Notion to manage his marriage, keeping track of shopping lists and upcoming trips while cataloging memories of date nights. “My wife and I use Notion religiously to manage our daily lives,” he wrote on X.
Sounds like fun. He was so pleased with the result that he shared the template online. “I thought some people would respond and think it’s cute,” he said The New York Times.
Did they? No. They were very indignant, even though 2,400 people downloaded the template.
How could management software be modified to facilitate romance? The principle isn’t so perverse: By streamlining the boring but necessary relationship management, you’ll leave more room for spontaneity and fun in your real romantic life.
I guess that makes sense. And it can also be used to establish shared relationship principles and maintain a list of a couple’s various love languages.
I’m sorry, but that’s crazy. However, the software is there if you want it. There’s even a product called Hearth Display: a family management tool with a 27-inch touchscreen that displays family schedules, to-do lists, and kids’ bedtime routines.
Crazy – and unnecessarily modern. How are daily administrative tasks organized? his relationship?
The old-fashioned way: my partner does it. And how do you deal with the latent resentment that builds up because one of you has to do everything?
It doesn’t bother me. Wouldn’t it be better if there was some kind of central relationship database that both of you could access?
Maybe. What is the password? It doesn’t matter.
Gave: “I can offer you that in the future, my little summer squash.”
Do not tell: “Without Slack I would never be able to keep track of the adventure I have.”
